P. imparis is actually known as 'The False Honey Pot Ant' they are not truly a species of honey pot ants if that's what your looking for. Just thought I would mention that. The reason they aren't for those who are curious is because they don't have true repletes. They turn their extra food into fat ...

definatly appears to be a camponotus queen, nice job. I recently caught one as well and she just started laying eggs! Need to update my signature -_- but that aside nice. Just put her into a good testtube setup, dont disturb her either(checking like once a week is fine) becuase she can eat her eggs,...

Hey guys, thanks for all the awesome feedback! I looked into it a little more and the reason behind my having so much trouble finding a queen was I believe the ants in my area are domymyrmex not linepithema(argentine ants). Thanks again for the help and useful feedback, hoping to catch a queen of th...